Help! Think my brain is about to melt....

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Sorry - a little over the top, but im in need of some help if you dont mind chaps:

in the middle of redecorating and replacing absolutley everything in my lounge. Bought a very nice Hitachi 42PD5300 about a month ago which im over the moon with, also purchased a denon 500sd home theater jobby - havent yet set that up permanently yet (only tested for pic quality to ensure not faulty) as it will make its debut in a fortnuight or so. I also have Xbox, Gamecube, PS2 & sky+ kicking about along with a linksys media adaptor for streaming music.

Im also now thinking id like to add a projector and screen to the mix just for good measure...

This basically means i have more inputs than i can cater for? I want the dvd going to the plasma via component and i also want the projector via the same method for obvious reasons

What would be your recommndation for getting around this? Do i need an amp/receiver or something? Im afraid i have no idea about these two boxes - ive always thought they were for gurus and i had no place getting involved!

Or is there some other kind of bit of kit out there?

Can somebody advise on what they think is the right thing to do? with all the decorating/diy its difficult to spend any decent amout of time researching this so i need it straight from the horses mouth so to speak!

Banned

How about adding a 2nd hand iscan ultra as a video hub, and a Kramer 1:2 VGA multiplier on the display output. This handles RGB or component output, whatever seems most appropriate. And I think there are cheaper component switchers, round about the £120 mark. The iscan takes composite x 2, s-video x 2 and component x 2 so a couple more component inputs from a switch unit and you are in business. Have a look in the classifieds, maybe put in a 'wanted' ad. Come to that a new one is £350 or something I think, haven't sold one for a while.